In September 1932,
he signed the Poona Pact with MKGandhi abandon separate electorates
given the sluggishness of courses by Ramsay MacDonald's Award
communal, and instead of accepting equal representation across
electorates which has greatly increased the number of seats
Reserved. By signing this pact, Ambedkar marked his appearance
as leader of the most influential untouchables. From 1932-34,
he became a member of the joint committee on constitutional
reform India.
A historic Yeola Conversion Conference was held under the
Presidentship of Dr.Ambedkar October 13, 1935. There he exhorted
the disadvantaged to leave Hinduism and embrace another religion.
He also said: "I was born a Hindu, but I am not going
to die as a Hindu." These activities have made him unpopular
in the mainstream Hindu caste opinion. He was invited by the
Jat Pat Todak Mandal Lahore to preside over the conference.
Dr. Ambedkar had prepared his historic speech - "The
Annihilation of Caste '. But the conference was canceled by
the Mandal, on the grounds that Dr. Ambedkar's thoughts were
revolutionary. Lastly, he refused to chair and his speech
issued in the form book in 1937.
Ambedkar founded the Independent Labour Party and took part
in provincial elections held under the Government of India
Act, 1935. With the outbreak of the First World War in 1939,
Nazi ideology Ambedkar perceived as a direct threat to the
freedoms of the Indians. In 1941, he was appointed to the
Advisory Committee for the Defence and the following year
joined the Board of the viceroy, as a member of the Labour
Party. During the same period, he transformed the Labour Party
in the independent All India Scheduled Castes Federation.
(Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research (ACBR)
is dedicated to research and postgraduate education in Biomedical
Sciences. Founded in March 1991, on the occasion of the birth
centenary of Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Government
of India established an Institute of Biomedical Research at
the University of Delhi under the leadership of Prof. Ramesh
Chandra, which is rapidly becoming a source of major scientific
innovations in the understanding, treatment, and prevention
of diseases. The institute also serves as a prototype of postdoctoral
training - a scientific centre where young scientists at the
start of their research career can gain the skills and insights
required in their chosen fields.
In the year 1992, the University finalised the Ordinance
relating to the ACBR, which was duly approved by the Hon'ble
Visitor - President of India in 1997, the time when ACBR expanded
and formalized its educational role by becoming University
Maintained Institute for Graduate and Post Graduate Research
and a Center for pursuing M.Sc. and M.Sc. - Ph.D. combined
degree courses in Biomedical Science, though it was proposed
that in the beginning of 21st century, ACBR will be converted
into an independent Post Graduate Institution with authority
to grant the advance degree, but its charter was amended to
make it a part of University of Delhi, to a carefully selected
group of gifted students with an opportunity to participate
in a tutorial research and educational experience virtually
unparalleled in Indian Education.
The first class of M.Sc. - Ph.D. and M.Sc. candidates was
admitted in 1998, though the research activities of ACBR have
been continuing since 1991 in a historical laboratory in the
Department of Chemistry building, where the CSIR and ICMR
were born.
The ACBR itself resulted from just a dream - a - dream shared
by Prof. Ramesh Chandra, Founder Director, his mentors and
students. It was sought to establish a Biomedical Institute
that eventually would conglomerate clinical treatment with
basic research on diseases - the first of its kind in the
Indian University System. The innovative and creative vision
of Founder Director and financial support of the Planning
Commission, Government of India, University of Delhi. UGC,
DST, DBT, CSIR, UNESCO, Polariod Corporation and other agencies
led to the establishment of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical
Research. The foundation stone of ACBR was laid by the Hon'ble
Prime Minister of India on March 31st, 1991.
The Institute's first Governing Body was formed in 1996,
and an outstanding scholar, a great institution builder and
administrator, Padma Bhushan, Late Prof. Gurbakhsh Singh became
the first chairperson. Prof. A.R. Kidwai, Former Governor,
West Bengal and Bihar and currently Member of Parliament,
is the Chairperson of the Governing Body of ACBR.) |